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> Why did this reporter have to go and publish Scott's real name when Scott requested him not to? It's just not a nice thing to do, simple as that. As the sayi
by tfehring 6y ago
> Why did this reporter have to go and publish Scott's real name when Scott requested him not to? It's just not a nice thing to do, simple as that.
As the saying goes, journalism is writing something someone else doesn’t want published, everything else is public relations.
That said, Metz’s claim that the NYT editors consistently require real names is inaccurate. Notably the NYT previously did a piece on Chapo Trap House and reported on host Virgil Texas using that pseudonym even though his real name is trivially discoverable.
- xondono 6y ago> As the saying goes, journalism is writing something someone else doesn’t want published, everything else is public relations. There's a world of difference between this and what's happening here. I'm pretty confident that Scott would not have mind if the NYT run a hit piece on his blog while keeping his real name out.
- chmod600 6y ago> journalism is writing something someone else doesn’t want published By thay standard, the NYT, and especially Twitter/FB, are antijournalism. They crush stories and ideas they don't like.